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Regulatory Factors in Shaping New Towns of Malaysia

말레이시아 신도시 주거단지 계획에 영향을 미치는 법률적 요소

  • Lee, Lina (Dept. of Science in Architecture and Information Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte) ;
  • Ju, Seo Ryeung (Dept. of Housing & Interior Design, Kyung Hee. Univ.)
  • Received : 2013.10.28
  • Accepted : 2014.07.22
  • Published : 2014.08.25
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Abstract

The post-war period has witnessed the emergence of new towns in a number of countries in Southeast Asia. New town development started in Malaysia with Petaling Jaya as a satellite town in 1953 to accommodate the rapid growing population of Kuala Lumpur. New towns have been designed in accordance with the British town planning principles, based on the modern ideal city. Nonetheless, they have constituted a regional character as they have incorporated local factors such as local technologies as well as site and climatic conditions. In the shaping of the new towns in modern cities, regulatory aspects have played important roles. The regulations decide the basic framework for planning of new town, block plan and unit plan. The ultimate goal of this study is to understand the identity of the new town planning of Malaysia. As a first step, we reviewed the local regulations, standards, and design guidelines which are applicable to the new town planning from the national land use to local plans. As a result, we categorized the guidelines into four areas: urban space, site plan, street system, block plan and unit plan. We expect this study to provide the framework of the Malaysia's new town planning from the perspective of the local regulations.

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